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Vocabulary Workshop Activity

Chapter8: 5 and 6 kyle hennion Countermand - cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first. The trustworthy lawyer countermanded his previous order for me to be quiet with an order for me to speak up for myself.
 * 1) Prior to each Unit Review, choose 3 terms from the previous units.
 * 2) Create a non-linguistic representation (picture/image) or an acronym for each word.
 * 3) You must include the vocabulary term, definition, and a sample sentence (using context clues) for each one.
 * 4) Post these to the wiki along with a rationale for your choice if necessary.
 * 5) These activities will hopefully aid you in your study of difficult words from our units. ﻿[[image:american_lit_wordle.PNG width="640" height="339"]]

Echelon-One of a series of grades in an orginization or field of activity; organized military unit;steplike formation or arangement I have had echelon of F's in my extremely difficult science class.

Travis Shirley Chapter 9: 1&2

1) Acclamation-(n.)- a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval.

--"When I told my classmates that i as running for class president, i recieved an overwhelming acclamation as my friends clapped my on the back and told me it was a great idea."



2) Bucolic-(adj.)- characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral.

--"As Eric awoke in the passengerseat, he looked out of the window to see the bucolic view and many cows. He was far outside of the city he was raised in."



Jordan Strother Chapter 9, 5 & 6

5) Collusion- (n)- Secret agreement or cooperation 'The Russians had a collusion with the Germans to exchange United States information.'

6) Dilettante- (n)- A dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way: (adj.) superficial 'Since this is his first year playing golf, he is a dilettante when it comes to playing.'

__**Chapter 9:**__ **Molley Scott**
 * Numbers 19 & 20

19. __**Vacillate**__- (V) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will. Someone who is vacillate in bad situation should not be in a position of power.

20. __**Vituperative-**__ (Adj.) Harshly abusive, severely scolding. That vituperative speech in which she blamed her fellow classmates, for her own mistakes may have cost her the school election.

Travis Shirley Chapter 11: 5 & 6

5) Fetish-(n.)- an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence.

--The man sensed the power behind the fetish hanging on the wall. It seemed to drain him of sadness and he felt like he'd never have a doubtful thought again.



6)Gregarious-(adj.)- living together in a herd or group; sciable, seeking the company of others.

--After two months, Andrew finally got over his big breakup and finally succumed to his gregarious needs and called Eric and Henry, asking if they wanted to come play poker and have some burgers.



Shelby Defevers Chapter 10: 5&6

11. Luminous- (adj) emmiting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating.

-The moon looks quite luminous tonight.

12. Obsequious- (adj) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons.

-The business man pretended to help the young boy, although he was actually completely obsequious.

Claudia Carby Ch 9 Forgo- To do without, abstain from, give up Although the woman was an alcoholic, she knew she must forgo from drinking when she became pregnant

Foible- A weak point, failing, minor flaw There was a foible in the dogs chain, which explains how he escaped and ran off.

-Hannah Logsdon- Unit 10 words 3 & 4 Benign- (adj.) Gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant. Much to the patient's relief the doctors found her brain tumor to be benign.

Cavil (v.)- To find fault in a petty way, carp; (n) A trivial objection or critism The boss violently caviled his employee's work, saying it did not meet his expectations.

Corie Beth McClusky, Chapter 12; 1 & 2 aesthetic: pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty synonym: artistic

 The scene of the evening sunset was extraordinarily aesthetic.

defunct: no longer in existence of functioning, dead synonyms: extinct, nonexistent antonyms: alive, extant



The once rustic and timeless house

The once rustic and timeless house is now defunct.

Kyle Hennion Visionary - N- not practical lacking in realism having nature of fantasy or a dream n: one given to dreaming The Visionary was extremely radical in his unruley ideas.

Wizened : adj : Dry shrunken and wrinkled The body, found many days later, picked by scavengers and layed in the sun, had become so wizened it was unidentifiable as a human corpse. Claudia Carby Contrite- Regretful fro some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent The man was truely contrite for drinking and driving after he wrecked his car. cognizant- aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction The teacher is determined to make sure that all her students are cognizant before there assignments are due